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The Seventh Seal (Swedish: Det sjunde inseglet) is a 1957 Swedish historical fantasy film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman.Set in Sweden [3] [4] during the Black Death, it tells of the journey of a medieval knight (Max von Sydow) and a game of chess he plays with the personification of Death (Bengt Ekerot), who has come to take his life.
"The Seventh Seal" is the opening track from Van Halen's 1995 album Balance. American heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold released an album titled Sounding the Seventh Trumpet, a reference to the angels playing their trumpets following the removal of the seventh seal. Seven Seals is the name of a 2005 album by Primal Fear and also a track on ...
John tells of the sixth seal's opening, and behold, a great earthquake, deluge, and world-burning: the first part of the oratorio ends in a violently-agitated chorus (Der Weltuntergang), cut through by angular trumpet-figures, as the Moon goes red with blood, everything crashes in storms, the stars fall to earth, the sea overflows, the sun goes ...
Isaksson had written a novel set in Medieval times and was acclaimed for its realism, which Bergman felt might prevent repeat of some criticisms of his 1957 film The Seventh Seal. [12] In writing the screenplay, Isaksson was most interested in exploring conflicts between Christianity and paganism, while Bergman wanted to dissect guilt. [15]
Bergman: A Year in a Life, Swedish: Bergman - ett år, ett liv, is a 2018 Swedish-Norwegian documentary film directed by Jane Magnusson.Journeying through 1957, the year Ingmar Bergman released two of his most acclaimed features (The Seventh Seal and Wild Strawberries), made a TV film (Mr. Sleeman Is Coming) and directed four plays for theatre (The Misanthrope, Counterfeiters, The Prisoner ...
Max von Sydow, the acclaimed actor known for his roles in films like The Exorcist and The Seventh Seal, has died at 90.Von Sydow's death was confirmed by Deadline and Variety on Monday morning ...
When He (the Lamb) opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour. [8] "The silence in heaven, lasting about a half-hour, begins at the place where the songs of praise still resound (Revelation 7:10–12)." [9] The Expanded Bible describes the silence as "a dramatic pause induced by awe". [10]
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